# Annette Sweeney

Annette Sweeney is a Republican member of the Iowa Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Iowa Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: IA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/79eacd35-8caf-466e-b75f-0d878dcf5221

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79eacd35-8caf-466e-b75f-0d878dcf5221 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Sweeney talks about and legislates on agree at 0.37 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## What Sweeney says (IA 2025–26 session)

116 classified statements: 116 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sweeney | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.9% | 9.5% | 292 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 24.1% | 37.3% | 257 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 2.3% | 164 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 3.5% | 15.4% | 293 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 36% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Health 11% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Commerce 7.1% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Education 7.1% (State Senate Republicans 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 417 donors and 919 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IA 2025–26 session)

589 roll calls. Attendance 94.5% (Iowa Senate 93.9%). Party unity 98.4% (95.7%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2801 A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2801/
- 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · SF 2472 A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2472/
- 2026-05-03 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2788 A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2788/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2765 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2765/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/
- 2026-05-02 · voted nay · Shall amendment S-5251 be adopted? · HF 1036 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and… · fail · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF1036/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2787 A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2787/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2781 A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2781/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2542/
- 2026-05-02 · voted yea · Shall the bill pass? · HF 2493 A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and… · pass · https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/HF2493/

## Legislation (IA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Iowa Senate 10.8%; rank 15 of 48).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 111: A resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Northern Iowa. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR111/
- SR 108: A resolution honoring the enduring special relationship between the state of Iowa and Taiwan. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SR108/
- SF 2349: A bill for an act relating to drainage districts and levees, including district parcel records. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2349/
- SF 2333: A bill for an act relating to county requirements for land surveyors. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2333/
- SF 2312: A bill for an act relating to manufacturers and distributors of 340B drugs. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2312/
- SF 2256: A bill for an act relating to required information on certain recorded documents and statements of property taxes due mailed to titleholders. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2256/
- SF 2253: A bill for an act establishing a graduation requirement for instruction related to food nutrition and preparation. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2253/
- SF 2213: A bill for an act providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related tax on the transfer of real estate, and including… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2213/
- SF 2143: A bill for an act relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2143/
- SF 2111: A bill for an act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ia/bills/2025-2026/SF2111/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 77% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2044143691468620069
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2044144239626318139
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2044144906071875624
- 2026-04-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2039815744611848393
- 2026-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2039815916704154101
- 2026-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2039816065006305319
- 2026-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2039816241972412895
- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2037958479319577018
- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2037958621103804707
- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa/status/2037958781024325909

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=6585
- X: https://x.com/sweeneyforiowa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SweeneyforIowa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-sweeney-63813811/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/79eacd35-8caf-466e-b75f-0d878dcf5221